Memorial on Kron Prins Island, Greenland commemorating Henry Markinson d. 1825
Location
Burial Ground, Kron Prins Island, Greenland, Rest of the World
Transcript
'You mariners that pass by here, / upon my grave let fall a tear; / Henry Markinson is my name / In the 'Albion' Captain Hill, I came / 'Twas the month of April I came here, / But did not think death was so near, / On the 15 day of April / It was my lot to have a fall / from the cross trees of the main topmast / I on the quarter deck was cast / And so was hurted by the fall, / My life soon after God did call'
Details
Type: Grave marker
Materials: Wood
Vessel: Albion
Materials: Wood
Vessel: Albion
People
Markinson, Henry
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Date of Death: 15/4/1825
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
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Date of Death: 15/4/1825
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
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Extra
Bibliography: George F. McDougal 'The Eventful voyage of HM Discovery Ship Resolute to the Arctic Regions in search of Sir John Franklin and the missing crews of H M Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror, 1852, 1853, 1854' (London, 1857).